Cartel 2006 at Iowa State University

Accommodations
Location
Transportation
Agenda
Activities
Attendees
Links

Cartel 2006

The 2006 Cartel meeting will be held at Iowa State University's Reiman Gardens Wednesday 19 July through Friday 21 July.

Accommodations

The Memorial Union is located on central campus, and has guest rooms starting at $65/night. It is 20-30 minute walk from the Memorial Union to Reiman Gardens, or the Cy-Ride Orange Route runs every 15 minutes to the Iowa State Center parking lot, adjacent to Reiman Gardens.

Hotel	Location	Current Starting Rates	Travel To Reiman Gardens
The Hotel at Gateway Center	US 30 & Elwood Drive	$129/night	Ten to fifteen minute walk to Reiman Gardens. Bicycles available for guests. The Cy-Ride Brown Route runs every 40 minutes.
Baymont Inn & Suites	2500 Elwood Drive		Ten minute walk to Reiman Gardens. The Cy-Ride Brown Route runs every 40 minutes.
Comfort Suites	2609 Elwood Drive		Ten minute walk to Reiman Gardens. The Cy-Ride Brown Route runs every 40 minutes.

Other Area Hotels

Location

The meeting will be held in Hughes Auditorium in the Reiman Gardens on Iowa State University's campus.

Enter at the main Garden entrance (north side of the gardens), turn right, Hughes Auditorium entrance will be on your right.

This space is equipped with ISU's netreg wireless and a projector. Guest Network Access for ISU Visitors explains our visitor network access. 'Cartel 2006' has been set up as a specific event when registering for network access on campus. Adequate power will be provided.

Transportation

From Des Moines International Airport drive to Ames. Everywhere but central campus itself has plenty of parking, and central campus does have a parking ramp available. Reiman Gardens shares the stadium parking, and parking there is plentiful.

Agenda

Wednesday 19 July 2006

9:00 - 12:30 (Break at 10:30)
1. Welcome, Introductions, and Breakfast (serving starts at 8:45)
2. Evolving central IT services to meet the needs of students who already have well established internet presences.
3. Network
12:30 - 1:30
Lunch
1:30 - 5:00 (Break at 3:00)
1. Desktops & Servers
2. Public Computing Facilities
7:00
Dinner at http://www.hickorypark-bbq.com/.

Thursday 20 July 2006

9:00 - 12:30 (Break at 10:30)
1. Breakfast (serving starts at 8:45)
2. Email
3. Storage
12:30 - 1:30
Lunch
1:30 - 5:00 (Break at 3:00)
1. SAN/iSCSI solutions & experience
2. Identity Management
3. Course Management
4. Statistics, Reporting, Usage Analysis
5. Policies
6. Workgroup Support

Friday 21 July 2006

9:00 - 12:00 (Break at 10:30)
1. Breakfast (serving starts at 8:45)
2. Disaster Recovery
3. VoIP
4. Oncall
5. Project Change Management
6. Help Desk & Support
7. Working In A Heterogeneous, Reorganizing Environment
8. Administrivia
12:00 - 1:00
Lunch (206 Durham Center)
1:00 -
1. Experience the C4 Immersive Virtual Environment (15 people, 1:00 - 1:30)
2. VRAC talk
3. Machine Room tours